Flue stopper and collar



(N0 Model.)

'J. I FLANAGEN.

FLUE STOPPER AND COLLAR.

No. 388,961. Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

JAMES I. FLANAGEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLUE STOPPER AND COLLAR.

EPE-UII-ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,961, datedSeptember t, 1888.

Application filedqiannary 11,1888. Serial No.9(104387. (No modclJ Toall? whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES l. FLANAGEN, a citizen of theUnited States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pen nsylvania,have invented a new and useful linprovement in Flue Stoppers andCollars, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in flue stoppers or collars; and itconsists of novel means, as herein set forth and claimed, for connectingthe spring keeper or holder with the body thereof.

Fignre 1 represents a section of a fluestopper embodying my invention.Fig. 2 represents a rear view of a portion thereof on an en largedscale. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 313 Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of a flue-stopper,which, excepting the features of niyinvention applied thereto, is ofusual construction.

B represents the form of spring employed for retaining the stopper inthe line, said spring being secured to the body A by the keeper 0, whichis attached to the body A by means of lips D, which are integral withsaid body. The lips are passed through the slits or openings in the endsof the keepers and then bent in the form of loops or swells bearingagainst the back of the keeper, so that the latter is re liably kept inplace and at the same time covthe lips.

In practice, the central portion of the body A is generally painted,japanned, lacquered, &c., or covered with a picture, so that the lipsand slits or openings that exist at the front face of the body areconcealed.

I am aware that it is not new to form the keeper by cutting slits in thebody of the stopper and striking up or otherwise raising the stripbetween the slits. Neither is it new to use a separate piece of materialfor the keeper and solder the ends thereof to the body of the stopper.Nor is it new to form a bent tongue integral with the body, the bendbeing in line with the spring-arms held thereby; but I am not aware thatit is old to secure the keeper as herein described and claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, iS

A. flue-stopper having a body, A, with lips D integral therewith, andthe swing-receiving keeper C, having slits or openings through whichsaid lips pass, the ends of the lips being turned up and bearing againstsaid keeper,

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' JAMES I. FLANAGEN.

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